Manly maul woeful Tigers

Angry Wests Tigers skipper Robbie Farah accused referee Shayne Hayne of "arrogance" for not referring a controversial no-try decision to the video referee - and then challenged the NRL to publicly admit the mistake in a fiery aftermath to Manly's crushing win on Friday night.

While at pains to admit his side were comprehensively outplayed by the premiership favourites at Brookvale, Farah didn't miss in his criticism of the officiating early in the match.

Tigers winger David Nofoaluma was ruled to have lost possession of the ball in just the third minute as he grappled with the Manly defence near the try-line. Replays suggested he not only kept control of the ball, but it may have also scraped the chalk in the process.

"Sometimes they go out there and look at things 20 times, yet I asked him to check it and as a captain he just tells me to walk away. They ask you to show them respect, but they show none in return.

"In saying that, we were crap. I can sit here and admit that, but I'd like to see the refs come out during the week and admit they were too. It's not going to happen. At least we can put our hand up and own up to it. It would be nice if some others did that too."

Farah jokingly asked onlooking Tigers boss Grant Mayer before the press conference started if he had "10 large" to spare.

And his night was further compounded after being put on report for a first-half lifting tackle on Josh Starling.

Tigers coach Mick Potter admitted he watched numerous replays of the Nofoaluma incident and was mystified with Hayne's failure to send it upstairs.

"The referees have got the luxury of the technology to make a call on it and at such a crucial moment in the game ... it would have taken three seconds and you would have known what the result is," Potter said.

"Yet for some unknown reason we don't use it in that particular instance. It just seems ludicrous."

Farah conceded he "didn't have the best relationship" with Hayne.

"He'll still be reffing next week," Farah said. "There's others you talk to and they show you respect as a captain. I find it difficult with him. They're the things you've got to adapt to as a captain."

The Tigers weren't the only side disgruntled with the whistleblowers after Potter's Manly counterpart Geoff Toovey took aim at the ruck speed.

His complaints were a lot less mute though after Manly never looked under threat in the seven-tries-to-two belting.

"I'm confused," Toovey said. "You get four penalties against you and then five for you. I can't figure it out. I thought last week was different to today. I can't keep up. You have to adjust on the day depending on who's the referee.

"I've said to [referees boss] Tony Archer in the past I think the whole 10 metres and ruck has been refereed differently in the past two to four weeks and it continued that way."